Web scraping and Data extraction
What is web scraping? Web scraping, aka data extraction, is an automated process of gathering, fetching data from the websites, web services and application. Web scraping is absolutely legal as long as it adheres to the target/source sites terms of use (ToU) or terms of service (ToS).
In the blog we share with you the scraping techniques and methods, as well as code samples, project development workflow. On the business side, we do [web scraping] service’s testing and reviews, proxy services analysis and more…
Machine learning and Data Mining
The blog is also dedicated to the contemporary data mining and machine learning techniques.
Web Scraping in history and action
Imagine extracting valuable data from millions of web pages in seconds, transforming how businesses make decisions. Web scraping, a practice dating back to the early 2000s, has revolutionized data collection. In 2004 Amazon’s Mechanical Turk showcased the power of crowdsource data scraping.
By 2010 companies like Scrapy and provided powerful tools for developers like Beautiful soup library. Web scraping involves parsing HTML often using Python or other languages’ libraries to extract information such as prices, reviews or even entire articles.
In 2014 LinkedIn faced a lawsuit from Highq Labs highlighting the legal complexities of scraping public data. Google Trends launched in 2006 is a prime example of a service built on web scraping technology. In 2019 the European Union introduced GDPR rules impacting how personal data can be scraped and used.
The Covid-19 pandemic saw a surge in scraping for real-time data on desease cases and vaccine distribution. Ethical web scraping ensures compliance with website terms of service (ToS), respecting data ownership. As web scraping evolves its potential for innovation and disruption only grows.
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